Waterloo (1970)
One incredible afternoon Napoleon met Wellington . . . at Waterloo.
- Released
- Runtime 2h 14m
- Director Sergey Bondarchuk
- Genres Drama History War
- Rating 7.1/10 (232 votes)
Synopsis
After defeating France and imprisoning Napoleon on Elba, ending two decades of war, Europe is shocked to find Napoleon has escaped and has caused the French Army to defect from the King back to him. The best of the British generals, the Duke of Wellington, beat Napolean's best generals in Spain and Portugal, but now must beat Napoleon himself with an Anglo Allied army.
Cast
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Rod Steiger
as Napoleon Bonaparte
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Christopher Plummer
as Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington
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Orson Welles
as Louis XVIII
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Jack Hawkins
as General Sir Thomas Picton
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Virginia McKenna
as Duchess of Richmond
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Dan O'Herlihy
as Marshal Michel Ney
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Rupert Davies
as Gordon
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Philippe Forquet
as La Bedoyere
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Gianni Garko
as Drouot
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Ivo Garrani
as Marshal Soult
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Ian Ogilvy
as De Lancey
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Michael Wilding
as Colonel Sir William Ponsonby
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Terence Alexander
as Lord Uxbridge
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Donal Donnelly
as O'Connor
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Oleg Vidov
as Tomlinson
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Charles Borromel
as Mulholland
- Peter Davies as Lord Hay
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Veronica De Laurentiis
as Magdalene Hall
Crew
-
Sergey Bondarchuk
Director
- Armando Nannuzzi Director of Photography
- Richard C. Meyer Editor
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Nino Rota
Original Music Composer
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Dino De Laurentiis
Producer
- H.A.L. Craig Screenplay